Not exact matches
Even though they do not serve as professors, researchers who pursue other academic paths note that their intensive training — in grad school,
postdoc appointments, and other experiences — prepares them uniquely for the challenges of their
new positions.
If NIH ultimately requires tracking of former
postdocs» whereabouts for a substantial number of years, and if the results are made available to the public, Ph.D. s deciding among
postdoc positions would have valuable
new information on the quality of the help they can expect in launching their careers.
New programs offering
postdocs sufficient funding and lab space for them to start an independent minigroup have multiplied, especially in Europe, where the launch of the Starting Grants by the European Research Council has prompted the creation of more junior - PI - like
positions.
Alas
postdocs are also not immune to such periods of unpaid work or even career interruptions, because even though the starting date for a
new position tends to be close to the allocation of the grant, the FJI reports delays as long as 8 months before the names of the grant - holders are actually announced.
Moreno's first job in the lab — helping a
postdoc develop a mutagenesis technique to identify
new genes involved in organ development and
positioning — earned him a second - author paper in Science just a couple of years into his Ph.D..
The latest numbers from the Washington, D.C. - based Computing Research Association's annual Taulbee Survey, which tracks employment statistics for
new Ph.D. computer scientists, show that last year fewer grads in the «Informatics: biomedical / other science» category took
postdoc positions; instead, more took
positions in industry, says survey director Stuart Zweben.
So go find another lab — a
new postdoc or a research associate
position, with a better PI or adviser.
If you're sure you want to stay in academia, an up - and - running group is a good choice, because your adviser will be better able to help you find an excellent
postdoc position — a necessity for a good academic job — than will a brand -
new assistant professor.
So welcome, young
postdoc, to your
new position.
... I picked up a copy of
New Scientist and saw this
postdoc position at Oxford.
All PIs train many more
postdocs in their lifetimes than required to replace themselves, and
new faculty
positions are not increasing at anywhere near the rate required to compensate for this.
Following her Ph.D. in geological sciences at Northwestern University, Matias took a combination
postdoc / VAP at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs,
New York — a
position designed to attract minority faculty candidates to participating colleges through the Consortium for Faculty Diversity.
Kenwrick had prepared her way out of academia by gradually ceasing to take on
new students or
postdocs, but leaving behind her lab and a faculty
position for good was not easy.
I accepted, but as this
position started the following year, I stayed on in Lyon and applied to a
new competitive scheme of fellowships that the University of Sydney has established to attract international
postdocs.
Increasingly, the first employment option for
new Ph.D. graduates reflects the situation found in many other countries, in that those who don't succeed in getting a permanent
position straightaway usually go for a
postdoc.
Now, thanks to a
new federal law, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is taking steps that could assure
postdocs the scientific and career development training that their
positions implicitly promise but often fail to deliver.
Postdoc Stefan Canzar departs for a
new position as Research Assistant Professor at TTIC, Univ. of Chicago.
In many academic disciplines, a
postdoc is a step toward a faculty
position, designed to build
new skills and develop an independent research program to take onto the tenure track.
While particularly beneficial for students and
postdocs soon to transition to their selected career paths /
new positions, the information and insight gained from this workshop will benefit anyone wondering how to best articulate their professional uniqueness.
LMU Gateway - for
New International Academic Staff is designed to support professors and
postdocs who intend to take up
positions at the University, and their families, in matters related to their relocation to Munich.
I am delighted to announce that my law school is advertising six
new positions to start in September 2018 — five PhD and one
postdoc.